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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: International

Water Wars Come to Mexico

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing May 16, 2005 by wade

Mexico City:  It was a last minute invitation from fellow travelers in the water wars from Canada with the Polaris Institute who issued the call to meet with community based and indigenous groups from around Mexico meeting to look at the emerging issues of water privatization.  There was no way to say no.   Landing on …

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Canada Goes Wild

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Labor Organizing April 18, 2005 by wade

Tampa:  It is not every day that we get to make someone happy, but especially when it is so easy to do so, I can not resist!   In Canada the Government is falling.  A nasty bit of business where it appears money was diverted from the federal coffers to that of the ruling party and …

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Asian Community Organizers

International Labor Organizing Personal Writings February 18, 2005 by wade

Manila: The meeting of the Leaders and Organizers of Community Organizations of Asia (LOCOA) was fascinating, somewhat exhilarating, and absolutely educational.  Having spent the better part of 4 decades listening to organizing reports, it adds a different dimension when there is a section on the agenda for “country reports.  But, it was appropriate as community …

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